312 Withdraw from An Elementalist’s Nightmare—The Barren Domain (1/2)
The three items—a Lethal Balrog Pet Egg, a Fire Element Magic Skill Book with unknown properties, and a Dark Gold staff—in addition to the prizes obtained earlier had sufficiently filled in the void left by losing the Amethyst Orc. In fact, there was even a surplus. Tier 5 Elite Monster Pet Eggs were not available in the Lost Merchant's market, while the normal asking price for Tier 5 Pet Egg alone was at least 500 coins and above.
After he packed the three items into his backpack, Qin Ruo passed one of the Dark Gold equipment and gem to Black Rock and Snowleaf respectively after they keyed in the bidding amount.
Again, the remaining unidentified Gold equipment were equally distributed among Subjugator, Judge, and Fateless at the price of 10,000 gold coins each. Meanwhile, the Mana Core was also auctioned by Subjugator at a price of 30,000 gold coins.
After they resolved the loot allocation, Qin Ruo and Snowleaf refocused on healing the Amethyst Orc's HP.
The recovery of 100,000 HP was a tedious process. Before, Qin Ruo depended only on his own Aquaheal and took more than 20 minutes only to bring the monster's HP back to roughly 60,000 points. In the process, he also drained mana from players and monsters that he came across, making quite a scene along the way.
Both Qin Ruo and Snowleaf took turns to rest before they finally returned the Amethyst Orc to its best condition after 10 minutes.
When the six of them finally entered the teleport point in a ceremonious manner, the Demon Faction players had waited long at the grove. They were already growing deeply impatient.
”F*ck! What the hell?!”
”They took forever!”
”Do Asians tend to waste time like this?”
The group of players ran out hurriedly from the grove, with a few of them cursing and swearing non-stop. It felt terrible for sure to hide like cowards in the face of so many powerful opponents.
The leading Bowmaster turned back and sneered at them, ”You fools better keep your mouth shut after you get to the next level. If you want to say something, use the Party Channel. If anyone of you attracts any unnecessary attention, I'll definitely kick you out of the League once we're out of here!”
”Oh, thank you for your generosity! Let's praise the merciful Saint Mary that our Squad Leader didn't ask us to keep our mouths shut on this level. It's such encouraging news.”
The Caucasian Bandit's exaggerated tone perturbed the Bowmaster. He silently regretted mentioning the ”next level”.
”Hey Jack, how's your girlfriend doing?”
”Shut it, you f*cking bat!”
”Oh no! That's not the correct way of saying it. You should call me the Vampire Duke.”
”Don't make me sew your mouth up with my own hand.”
”Oh, thanks for the kind reminder and offer. It's Level 4 from here on so your service is no longer needed. I wonder if we'll meet the six Angel Faction players again when we're down there. It 'd be wonderful if we do. The big guy's blood must be very tasty.”
”Damn you, bat! Give me a reason why I should not tear your filthy mouth apart now!”
Following the angry shriek, one of them was seen stepping hastily into the teleport point.
***
”So, this is Level 4? It's freaking cold in here!”
”It's such a desolate area.”
Fateless and Black Rock expressed their first impression of the place after they surveyed the environment.
Qin Ruo landed on the ground and did not feel the chilling sensation mentioned by Fateless since he was insulated by a barrier like Black Rock. However, he could still feel the strong wind under the yellow sky, gusting past them in the deserted place.
Dead trees appeared sparingly across the land. As far as they could see, there were no signs of monsters or shadows of other players. Apart from the sound of the wind, which blew past them, the region seemed to be a dead zone.
Just as everyone began to feel a little disappointed by the rather anticlimactic scenery, the mysterious Judge, a man usually of a few words, suddenly warned, ”Be extra careful. This is the Barren Domain.”
”What?” The other five of them, including Qin Ruo, turned to Judge at the same time.
”You've been here before?”
Judge shook his head and said, ”First time.” His reply was as plain as it could get.
”Then how did you learn about this place? Even the official forum doesn't offer much information about Level 4 as far as I know.” Subjugator looked at Judge with a puzzled expression and asked again, ”First of all, who named this place the Barren Domain?”
The other party members quickly caught Subjugator's question. Someone who could make Judge identify the place at first glance certainly held a lot more other useful information about Level 4.
”Just a bunch of boring people who formed a small social circle in the forum. It's only been made known to a few selected internal members. They don't really play but like to surf the forum. And they frequently share out useful information within the circle.”
Judge's explanation stunned the other five members.
Qin Ruo and Subjugator asked the same question simultaneously, ”You're one of them?”